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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Magliophis
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Magliophis

Puerto Rican Bank Ground Snakes

Puertorikanische Erdnattern

Centralcaribiske Jordsnoge

2009 Magliophis Zaher, Grazziotin, Cadle, Murphy, Moura-Leite & Bonatto 2009 (type species: Dromicus exiguus Cope 1863)
Contents: 2 species, of which 1 (50.0%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: British Virgin Islands (incl. Anegada), Puerto Rico (incl. Culebra), U.S. Virgin Islands.

Magliophis exiguus

Virgin Islands Ground Snake, Virgin Islands Racer, (Puerto Rican Ground Snake)

Virgin-Islands-Erdnatter

Virgin Islands-jordsnog

1863 Dromicus exiguus Cope
Arrhyton exiguus Maglio 1970
Magliophis exiguus Zaher, Grazziotin, Cadle, Murphy, Moura-Leite & Bonatto 2009
1967 Dromicus exiguus subspadix Schwartz
Arrhyton exiguum subspadix Schwartz & Thomas 1975
Magliophis exiguus subspadix Hedges, Couloux & Vidal 2009

Other common names:
exiguum: Common Puerto Rican Groundsnake
subspadix: Southwestern Puerto Rican Groundsnake
Remarks: Previously included stahli.
Distribution: British Virgin Islands (incl. Anegada), Puerto Rico (incl. Culebra), U.S. Virgin Islands.


Magliophis stahli

Puerto Rican Ground Snake

Puertoricanische Erdnatter

Puertoricansk Jordsnog

1904 Leimadophis stahli Stejneger
Dromicus stahli Barbour 1937
Arrhyton exiguum stahli Schwartz & Thomas 1975
Magliophis stahli Hedges, Couloux & Vidal 2009

Distribution: Puerto Rico.